We check in with people at each stage of the cash transfer process to see how things are going. Take a look at some of their stories as they appear here in real-time.
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3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
47900 KES ($464 USD)
access_time 7 years ago
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What did you spend your third transfer on?
I spent some of my third transfer on buying furniture as I had expanded my house using the second transfer and the furniture I had been few given that the house was big now. The furniture now fit my house so well. Previously when we wanted to watch news, we could go to watch from our neighbour's houses, so we thought of buying our own television. Nowadays we watch news at the comfort of our house. The remaining I spent on buying food and clothes for my children.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
50000 KES ($482 USD)
access_time over 7 years ago
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What did you spend your second transfer on?
When I received the second transfer, I used a total of 22000 KES from it to buy a sofa set and a table since I did not have proper furniture in my house. I then bought a mattress since I did not have one before, and used the balance to clear school levies for my child and to buy dry maize and other foodstuffs for my family because we did not have enough food in the house.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have furnished my house so well that my neighbors admire it, and they no-longer look down upon me.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
10000 KES ($97 USD)
access_time over 7 years ago
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access_time almost 8 years ago
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
I want to build a house because the one I am in is almost falling down the remaining money I want to start up a business of selling rice.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
At times when I do rice business it helps me in paying my children school fees and even feeding my family
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
Being financially unstable is the hardest thing I face with my family because at time we even go hungry.
What is the happiest part of your day?
In the morning gives me happiness I go to work for others and come back with food for the family.
